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Resident Recruitment

The University of Toledo Internal Medicine Residency Program is looking for qualified
applicants. We are a competitive university program and receive over 1800 applications
per year. We extend interviews to just over 170 candidates.

Purpose:

The purpose of this policy is to establish appropriate standards and practices for
the recruitment, selection, and appointment of internal medicine residents, and to
ensure that all applications are processed in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner.

Internal Medicine Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

Medical School

Eligible applicants must be graduates of a medical school accredited by either the
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association
(AOA) or of an international medical school listed by the World Health Organization
published World Directory of Medical Schools. International Medical Graduates must
have a current, valid certificate from the Educational Commission on Foreign Medical
Graduates (ECFMG) or have a full unrestricted license to practice medicine in an US
licensing jurisdiction. Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who
have completed a fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school
are also eligible.

Medical Science Examinations

Applicants must have passed Steps 1, 2 (Clinical Knowledge and Clinical Skills), minimum
USMLE Step I & 2 score of 212 or 82. Lower scores for candidates with special qualifications
are accepted after reviewed by the Residency Administrative Committee.

Applicants should have graduated medical school within the past three years. Longer
periods of hiatus away from medicine will be looked upon unfavorably unless in a structured
recognized postgraduate training.

Visa Status

Foreign citizens who are Permanent Residents (“Green Card” holders), work permit holders,
or who are graduates of a US medical school are eligible for appointment on the same
basis as US citizen graduates of US medical schools. The University of Toledo accepts
J1 Visas.

The Program Director/coordinator presents a power point presentation to the candidates
addressing the policies, structure of the program. While we used in the past years
to interview candidates individually and one on one with the faculty, the two years
we conducted the interviews in a panel format where at least four faculty and the
chief resident along with at least one resident interviews the candidate.

Each member of the panel give a score (1 - 10) and the average of all scores is recorded.

Numerical Data

Total number of applicants received annually over the last seven years for PGY1 residency
positions.